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UNBC's Northern Studies Program will host its first annual polar day on Friday to celebrate research and teaching at the university in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. The event will feature two guest speakers. Dr.

Last March, just days after her fifth birthday, Hannah Parker was diagnosed with a stage four Wilms tumour that spread to her lungs.

Depending on the city's generosity, CBC television personality Rick Mercer could be paying a visit to UNBC.

Luke Degerness turns 18 on Jan. 29 and his mom intends to celebrate his birthday even though he hasn't been seen by loved ones since June 7, 2007.

Northern B.C. was included in a recent study that focused on the uneven distribution of physicians between the northern and southern regions of Canada despite a Citizen news story to the contrary.

A police story out of Nanaimo has all the earmarks of violence associated with the drug world and clearly illustrates how someone involved with drugs in any way can be a target and at risk of being injured or even killed.

Less than one week remains to file appeal

Northern Health (NH) has been racking up awards recently for an innovative project, personnel excellence and patient safety. The latest was won during the Northern BC Business and Technology Awards Jan. 12 in the ,category of Collaborative Research.

Two people with alleged gang connections filed applications with the court for the return of seized items from their home in September, a few months before a fire gutted the house.

Despite assistance with the Jaws of Life, a male passenger died early Wednesday as a result of a two-vehicle collision on Highway 97 just south of the Macalister Overpass..